Do you have experience of hearing negative voices? We’re doing research to understand what makes it easier or harder for people to share what their voices say 🕑 1hr interview👥| £25 reimbursement Interested? Scan QR code or email us to take part #research #voicehearing

Digital health tools need user engagement to work well. In this new review/consensus statement, we 1) lack of agreed-upon metrics for engagement, 2) lack of evidence on how better engagement improves outcomes, and 3) lack of standards for user involvement. https://t.co/jR5GFghhhh

FINAL CALL! Are you an experienced CBTp supervisor committed to improving care for people with psychosis? We would love you to apply to join the SloMo team! Deadline extended til Sunday 12th Jan. Any queries please get in touch. Thank you!

NEW PAPER! Excellent work led by @rach_fro - systematic review and meta-analysis of associations between trauma-related beliefs and psychosis symptoms. Findings support targeting trauma-related meanings in therapy to reduce distress. @Uctvoco @KingsDClinPsy

“Flashforwards” future oriented “pictures in the mind’s eye” can be distressing in up to 74% of people w #psychosis. Dr @NithuraSC, Prof Craig Steel @oxicpt & I did a brief therapy case series targeting control of images, published today @BABCP journal https://t.co/lbwX5uMNHv

NEW PAPER! How can we harness technology to improve outcomes in mental health? Read our co-produced paper on co-designing digital therapies for psychosis, using @SlowMoTherapy as a case study. Supported by @wellcometrust @NIHRMaudsleyBRC @NIHRresearch

What is AVATAR digital therapy? Dr Thomas Ward and Professor Philippa Garety explain how does it works for reducing #psychosis and the results of the multi-site trial by @KingsCollegeLon researchers. Learn more about the therapy and research: https://t.co/vBIhLKlJ4V

"I was hearing 40 to 50 abusive voices a day. With the help of AVATAR therapy, that went down to 4 or 5." A novel therapy using digital avatars, trialed by King's IoPPN researchers, has shown to effectively reduce distressing voices in #psychosis https://t.co/vBIhLKlbfn

🚨📢Funding call alert!📢🚨 Wellcome's new digital mental health funding call is now LIVE, with the full details here: https://t.co/KauEg1UO7b The tl;dr is that we want to fund research to evaluate and further develop scalable digital mental health interventions.

How can we find better ways to intervene early in anxiety, depression and psychosis? We’re funding teams to do just that through developing scalable digital interventions. 💰 Level: £3-7 million 🗓 Deadline: 5 December Find out more 👇 https://t.co/UCsKscA9fZ

NEW JOB! SloMo2 will find out how a digitally supported therapy for fear of harm from others is used in the NHS. We're looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate research assistant psychologist to join our team, based at @Kingspsychol & @MaudsleyNHS. Pls get in touch or RT. 🙏

Our next Mental Health funding call invites applicants to develop scalable digital interventions for anxiety, depression and psychosis. Here’s what you need to know about the call which launches later this month...️ [1/5]

To anyone from a middle eastern background living in the UK, please consider completing this brief survey examining perceptions of psychosis. Led by my wonderful PhD student. It only takes 15 -20 minutes. Full UCL ethical approval. Please share if you can!

📢 Calling all mental health experts! Are you passionate about developing & evaluating mental health interventions? 🧠 We want you on our advisory committee to help shape what we fund! 💪 Paid irregular work, can be done alongside FT job. Deadline Friday

Just out: intervention development and protocol paper for the FINCH study, in which we have adapted a successful Swiss intervention aimed at reducing repeat compulsory admissions - currently at feasibility trial stage https://t.co/s3K0bGxict

Our PPP Team last week presented a quality improvement project on negative symptoms and group CBTp. This was to the @CNWLNHS trust-wide newly formed Psychosis Special Interest Group - at our recent second meeting! ☺️ Bring on meeting 3!

Hey everyone, I need your help! @psalkovskis and I are still looking for volunteers to participate in this 20-min online study exploring fear of losing control and anxiety. You can participate here https://t.co/RleRnGtt1d. Thanks!

Concerning findings in our new @MentalHealthPRU paper on ethnic differences in receipt of interventions in Early Intervention Services in England. White British people have substantially higher odds of receiving CBT for psychosis than most other groups. https://t.co/3E1XKtCaZi

📢PhD studentship opportunity!📢Interested in finding out if sleep issues contribute to the mortality gap in psychosis with me, @johodgekins, and @benjmnperry? More details here: https://t.co/VXTvfM9g9N - deadline 10th December! Happy to discuss more with interested applicants.